fictileadj.n.
/ˈfɪktʌɪl/, /ˈfɪkt(ᵻ)l/, U.S. /ˈfɪkt(ə)l/, /ˈfɪkˌtaɪl/ A. adj.figurative.1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. I. i. ii. 10 Ours is a most fictile world; and man is the most fingent plastic of creatures.
1. Capable of being moulded, suitable for making pottery. Now rare.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [adjective] > plastic
malleablec1395
pliablec1475
submissivea1593
waxen1594
cereous1601
mouldable1626
shapeable1647
soluble1650
fictile1676
wax-like1748
plastic1791
society > authority > subjection > obedience > manageability > [adjective] > tractable
beisuma1225
treatable1303
waldinc1485
tractable?1504
towardly1513
obsequent1520
conformable1547
unwilful1570
sonsya1622
ductile1622
obedible1622
ductible1623
unobstinate1632
ducible1633
docile1647
fictile1676
amenable1680
tawie1786
trottya1913
society > occupation and work > materials > raw material > clay > [adjective] > of clay: suitable for the potter
fictile1676
figuline1686
1676 J. Evelyn Philos. Disc. Earth 23 The several fictile Clays.
2. Moulded into form by art; made of earth, clay, etc. by a potter.
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society > occupation and work > materials > derived or manufactured material > clay compositions > baked clay > pottery or ceramics > [adjective]
fictile1626
maiolica1867
potted1902
1626 F. Bacon Sylua Syluarum §841 Fictile Earth is more fragile than crude Earth and dry wood than green.
1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 92 I was but fool'd To worship in his room a fictile deity.
1662 J. Evelyn Sculptura i. 5 And why may not the Tori, Brawn, or Collops of fat be express'd by these raised Figures, and they Torosæ plump, and..en bon point, as well as Fusil and Fictile ones?
1840 T. D. Fosbroke Encycl. Antiq. (new ed.) I. v. 96 The Etruscans, who were famous potters, used to make fictile coffins.
1855 G. M. Musgrave Ramble Normandy 281 Curiosities..fictile and fossil.
3. Of or pertaining to the manufacture of earthenware, etc.; having to do with pottery. Also (rarely) Skilled in or devoted to fictile art.
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society > occupation and work > industry > manufacturing processes > pottery-making or ceramics > [adjective]
pressorian1612
ceramic1850
fictile1854
1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 281 I was pleased to hear that so fictile an art was ever practised in my neighborhood.
1864 C. P. Smyth Our Inherit. in Great Pyramid (1880) i. i. 5 That too graphic religion which the fictile nation on the Nile ever delighted in.
1888 Arts & Crafts Catal. 46 And Fictile Craft grew with his [man's] knowledge.
B. n.
A fictile vessel.
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society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > [noun] > earthenware vessel
crockc1000
pigc1450
pot1463
muga1522
olla1535
test1545
capruncle1657
fictile1849
cruche1856
figuline1878
1849 J. Weale Rudim. Dict. Terms Archit. ii. 183/2 Fictile, an earthen vessel or other article, moulded and baked.
1888 Arts & Crafts Catal. 45 These Fictiles tell the story of his first Art-instincts.
Derivatives
ˈfictileness n. the quality or fact of being fictile.
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > softness > pliableness > [noun] > plasticity
malleability1644
malleableness1644
fictileness1727
plasticity1727
mouldability1890
1727 in N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. II
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